How did George Washington become Christian?

Answer 1

As an infant, George Washington was baptised as a member of the Anglican Church (Church of England) and attended church services with his family.

Washington never got confirmed, even when he had the opportunity to do so.

Washington served as vestryman to his Anglican Church in Virginia, taking oaths that included staying loyal to the crown. Following the American Revolution, the Church of England broke away from the Colonies, since it required an oath of loyalty to the head of the CoE, the King of England.

Washington systematically avoided communion in his church leading his own minister to question whether he was a "real Christian."

When he died, he was buried by Episcopal ceremony, and with a Masonic burial rite.

In his life Washington rarely if ever referred to Jesus Christ by name or example, leading many to wonder how serious a "Christian" he was.

Answer 2

A:

Several of the Founding Fathers are known to have been Deists, and it has been suggested that George Washington was also a Deist. He was certainly brought up as a Christian, but what his later beliefs were is uncertain. We can not say with any certainty that George Washington was a Christian during the time of his presidency, and there are good grounds for believing that he might not have been.